Heikki Haavisto

Heikki Haavisto (20 August 1935 – 22 July 2022)^[1] was a Finnish politician and lobbyist. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Esko Aho's cabinet between 1993 and 1995 representing Centre Party.^[2]

Ministeri (Minister) Heikki Haavisto
Foreign Minister of Finland
In office 5 May 1993 – 3 February 1995
Preceded by	Paavo Väyrynen
Succeeded by	Paavo Rantanen
Personal details
Born	(1935-08-20)20 August 1935 Raisio, Finland
Died	22 July 2022(2022-07-22) (aged 86) Raisio, Finland
Political party	Centre Party
Occupation	Politician, lobbyist

Haavisto was a long-term chairman of MTK, a lobby organization of Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners. He was the chairman of the organization between 1976 and 1994. He was an agronomist by education.

Haavisto was one of the chief negotiators, when Finland negotiated the accession into the European Union. He resigned as the foreign minister on 21 January 1995 due to a serious illness.